Weatherhead School of Management
Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management is where driven students become business leaders. Where accomplished academics create entirely new ways of thinking and leading. And where successful alumni become transformative leaders. Read about the ideas and people driving change across Weatherhead School of Management.
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From Classroom to Cocoa Fields: How One Weatherhead Alum is Powering a Zero Waste Future
Big news for Cocoa Potash, the social enterprise co-founded by Weatherhead alum Ithabeleng Makhetha (BS ’24). They have been named one of the top 24 teams for the Hult Prize 2025 Global Accelerator. Out of 54 incredible startups in this year’s Incubator, they have been selected to join the in…
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Case Western Reserve University economist joins national AI labor study backed by $1.6M Sloan Foundation grant
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April 11, 2012
Three decades ago the Mandel Foundation and Case Western Reserve University established a program for nonprofit leaders that set the standard for excellence in an emerging discipline.
Today, the two organizations announced initiatives designed to expand and elevate opportunities for those committed...
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April 10, 2012
A new way to detect Alzheimer’s?
ABC News: A new drug called Amyvid may give patients a conclusive diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, which, before now, couldn’t be done until after death. Neurology professor Peter Whitehouse said it could lead to over-diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. “[Amyvid will] raise false ho...
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April 10, 2012
Last week’s flood of future undergraduates and their families proved so much fun that the university is doing it again—albeit without the dancing RV.
Combine nearly 450 admitted students, almost 300 high school juniors and sophomores, and all of the parents and siblings who accompany the teens, and...
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April 07, 2012
The Safe Ride vehicle operates daily from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. and is driven by campus police and safety staff, such as George Kusber. Photos by Susan Griffith.
The university’s police department has expanded its successful Safe Ride initiative to improve response times and encourage greater use of the...
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April 03, 2012
On Friday, April 20, Mistletoe Residential College will sponsor Case for Kids Day, a half-day college visit for fifth graders in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The objective of this day is to expose the CMSD students to college life.
Current research posits that students make the decis...
April 03, 2012
by Diana Bilimoria
Leadership is About engaging and energizing people, and inspiring them to give their best, to stretch, to achieve, and to excel. We’ve all been in places where leaders have served as role models and examples of the behaviors we want to emulate—where they’ve sought our input in ma...
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April 02, 2012
Awful literacy stats make the case for Jackson's school reform plan
The Plain Dealer: According to research from the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, only 43.8 percent of Cuyahoga County residents over the age of 16 meet “Level 3” literacy standards—those that are necessary to rea...
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March 30, 2012
Elina Gertsman, assistant professor of medieval art, will present “Breaking Flesh: Performance, Anatomy, Memory” as part of the Faculty Work in Progress series. Her talk will be held April 5 at 4:30 p.m. in Clark Hall 206. A reception will begin at 4:15 p.m.
In his Christmas sermon Puer natus est n...
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March 28, 2012
Left behind
ideastream: Robert Ronis, chair of the Department of Psychiatry, joined The Sound of Ideas to discuss the effects of suicide on those left behind to deal with the grief, guilt and stigma....
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March 26, 2012
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner says new business startups are at the lowest levels in 30 years
PolitiFact: With conflicting reports out about the rate of business startups, Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, helped explain how the studies could be so at odd...